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Smoking ban in doubt after exclusion from Commons schedule

Tobacco and vapes bill left out as Penny Mordaunt lists final business in Commons before prorogation

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Rishi Sunak’s landmark law to ban smoking for future generations looks likely to be dropped after it was not included in the set of bills being rushed through before the next general election.

The government did not put forward the tobacco and vapes bill – which was in its early stages of becoming law – as part of the legislation to be passed in the “wash-up” period before parliament dissolves.

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